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00:00No exes.
00:01Oh, OK.
00:03You like this?
00:04This is so freaking cute.
00:06Yeah.
00:07To get me a fur in front of the ex and his connection.
00:10Oh, wow.
00:11I got a kiss.
00:12Yeah, you get a kiss.
00:13Cardi, that's my dog.
00:15In the beginning, especially, you want that sexual connection.
00:19I feel like it is important to focus on other aspects,
00:23rather than, like, oh, letting Cardi know, like, oh, yeah, I would
00:26you.
00:27Like, that's not important.
00:28Oh, that is very important.
00:29Are you kidding me?
00:31How is your wine?
00:32How is your wine?
00:34Cardi could have most definitely stood up for me more,
00:37and that did not happen.
00:38Devon is really spreading himself around.
00:41I don't want you talking to nobody else.
00:44What came up a lot was the word insecure.
00:49So the guys decided that you are not ready to love.
00:53OK.
00:55I know it took me some time to get to the place that you
00:58wanted me to be.
01:00Oh.
01:02But now I'm ready.
01:04I'm ready.
01:06To love.
01:12Come on.
01:13Walking into the lounge, I'm a little anxious because I don't know what's going to happen
01:28or what we're going to have to do next.
01:30Hello, hello.
01:31Miss Shannon.
01:32How are you?
01:33Hello.
01:34Miss Dominique.
01:35All right, Bootsie.
01:36We've been doing a lot of different things, so it's a little overwhelming.
01:40I just want to know what's going to happen for the week.
01:44Welcome back, ladies.
01:45It is a sophisticated six.
01:47Or should I say the sexy sophisticated six?
01:50Can I say that?
01:51Yeah.
01:52Some alliteration.
01:53All right.
01:54Word on the street is meeting the men's exes turned out to be quite an adventure.
02:00And listen, when you're dating intentionally with the goal of finding someone to share the
02:05rest of your life with, it requires growth.
02:08Right?
02:09Right.
02:10Absolutely.
02:11Y'all doing the work?
02:12And since y'all in work mode, are you ready for this week's assignment?
02:16Absolutely.
02:17Yeah.
02:18Here we go.
02:19Last week, the gentleman took you into their past lives to meet their exes.
02:23This week, you're bringing them into your world to meet your best friends.
02:28Oh, God.
02:29Damn, I was hoping for the exes.
02:31My best friends are harder than my exes.
02:32You was hoping for your exes?
02:33My best friends are tough.
02:35Ain't nobody going to keep it real about a future partner like your closest friends.
02:39Absolutely.
02:40Whether you like it or not.
02:41Yeah.
02:42Secondly, you want to know that the person that you hope to be spending a lot of time
02:45with can also fit in and get along with your chosen family.
02:50Okay?
02:51Make sure your friends use this opportunity to ask your potential if he's a good fit for
02:57you.
02:58I am so nervous.
02:59How is it going to go, these guys meeting my friends?
03:01I know it's necessary, but I know we're going to really uncover some things.
03:05I'm freaking out.
03:06All right, at the end of the week, we're going to meet back here to see how everything
03:10went.
03:11And we will decide which of the men just aren't ready to love.
03:15Okay.
03:16All right.
03:17That's it.
03:18Y'all know what y'all got to do.
03:19Okay.
03:20All right, now.
03:21Go call your friends.
03:22I'm calling.
03:23Oh, Lord.
03:24I'm calling this mom Erica Badu.
03:25I need for this one.
03:26I'm going to call my mama.
03:27I need to talk.
03:29The women are in power this week.
03:43And my friends, Delonda and Kaya will be meeting the fellas today.
03:47Hey girl.
03:48Hey girl.
03:49Hey girl.
03:50I have been knowing both of them for decades.
03:53They about to let these men know that, hey, she's a unicorn.
03:56If you ain't coming correct, leave her alone.
03:58So dearly beloved.
03:59I have gathered y'all here today for the nourishment of my love life.
04:02So y'all are going to be meeting three of my top connections.
04:06Ask them whatever y'all want to ask them, but I need them in a hot seat.
04:08Hot it is.
04:09Okay.
04:10Oh.
04:11How you doing?
04:12This is Steve.
04:13Hey.
04:14Oh, Cardi.
04:15What up though?
04:16How you doing?
04:17I'm doing good.
04:18You joined us.
04:19Walking into this date, I'm happy that I'm here because we have a new connection.
04:24And the fact that she feels confident enough to introduce me to her friends means that she
04:29wants to explore the connection just as much as I do.
04:32Well, welcome to the party.
04:34What should I be doing?
04:35You can paint a picture that you feel inspired to paint when you look at me.
04:40But keep it cute.
04:41So I want to ask you, what are your intentions with my best friend?
04:46Really to get to know her more?
04:47I mean, our conversation has been awesome, but I think we have a lot in common actually.
04:51Like what?
04:52I think we both got the same sort of vision for the future.
04:55Do you have kids?
04:56No.
04:57No.
04:58Do you want kids?
04:59Yeah.
05:00Do you want marriage?
05:01Have you ever been married?
05:02No.
05:03How do you feel?
05:04Well, I want to know, have you made other connections in this process?
05:07I have met other women, but I've always vibed with Ashante.
05:10It's been cool, like, just to see her personality develop, to laugh, that she's funny as hell,
05:15which is really cool and something that I like a lot.
05:17How do you deal with conflict?
05:18If you and your girl are not seeing eye to eye.
05:21Tell them about our last argument.
05:23Are you talking about the ex-day?
05:24Mm-hmm.
05:25Mm-hmm.
05:26Okay, well, at the ex-day, there was a heated moment between Ashante and Day.
05:30And really, within that moment, though, too, it was a lot that was going on.
05:34How did you deal with it?
05:35I let everybody pretty much talk.
05:37I tried, essentially, my best to make sure that I could try to switch up the situation a little bit.
05:42Because I'm also, when it comes to conflict, I have to deal with stuff like that on a regular basis.
05:46This is such a textbook answer.
05:47I mean, but that's honestly as to really, you know, really what's happening.
05:52Cardi, I'm not buying it, to be honest.
05:54I want a man who's gonna take up for me in a healthy way when it comes to conflict.
05:59Does any of you guys have any, like, family values or any cultural background that does not align with Ashante's?
06:07I am a practicing Muslim.
06:09Ashante's more on the spiritual side.
06:11Well, for you to get married, does she have to take a shahada to convert to Islam?
06:15No.
06:16So she gets to remain herself?
06:18Yeah, you're informed.
06:19Yeah, because she's...
06:20I'm Islam myself.
06:21You're Muslim.
06:22Yes.
06:23Mashallah.
06:24Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
06:26Wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
06:27Okay.
06:28So...
06:29I don't know what y'all saying.
06:31Being that Bello is a Muslim, I'm not opposed to that.
06:35Do what you gotta do to have that relationship with the Most High.
06:39I love that and commend him for that.
06:42I can only take his word for it and allow Tom to tell how our connection grows.
06:47Thank you so much for answering my questions.
06:49Now, what about your painting?
06:50Let's see it.
06:51Show us what you got.
06:52Boom.
06:53Okay.
06:54That's cute.
06:55That's a UFO and somebody's getting beamed up.
06:57God.
06:58Okay.
06:59You did a very good job.
07:00I think my picture turned out great.
07:01It definitely touches on things that Ashante likes.
07:04We talk a lot about aliens and things like that.
07:07He think I'm not from around here.
07:08I did the silhouette, so for the time that I was sitting down...
07:12That's what I did.
07:13That's very good, though.
07:14Her hair looking a little witchy.
07:16But...
07:17Do I need a brush bellow?
07:18You did a very good job.
07:19I did it quick.
07:20I was quick.
07:21This is a little inside joke.
07:23And we ghost chasing.
07:24It's a little something.
07:26What the hell is this?
07:27That's your shirt right now.
07:29Oh, God.
07:30That's your shirt right now.
07:31Oh.
07:34My picture came out great for Ashante.
07:36It's a little bit of an inside sort of joke that we got running.
07:39It's a Halloween costume of a ghost.
07:42But, uh, it's a good joke.
07:44I'll let her tell it.
07:45Take care.
07:46Be safe.
07:47All right.
07:49Okay, let's start with Steve.
07:50I like Steve.
07:51I think that Steve, he needs to work on his confidence.
07:54And if he can get that confidence, like, baby, you might have a winner with this chicken dinner.
07:59What?
08:00Steve, you gotta show me more romance and more vulnerability.
08:03But you gotta come up out of that.
08:04As a woman, you can help him with that.
08:06Now let's go to Cardi.
08:07Cardi's boring.
08:08He don't seem there.
08:09I wouldn't really use the term boring.
08:11I just think Cardi is very textbook.
08:13He's answering these questions like his job.
08:16And he gonna tell us what we want to hear.
08:18And I wasn't really feeling that.
08:19Bellow, he seems cool, but he's very, like, in control.
08:24You know how I feel about Islam, guys.
08:26He's gonna want you to convert, period.
08:28I feel like he's just saying that now.
08:29If y'all ever get serious, he's gonna want you to change over.
08:31And it's gonna be something totally different.
08:33I've studied a lot of religions, but now it's just like, I just wanna be a good person.
08:37That's it.
08:38Yeah, okay.
08:39If I had to rate them, I'm Steve, Bellow, Cardi.
08:44Steve, Cardi, Bellow.
08:46I knew y'all was gonna say exactly that.
08:49Mm-hmm.
08:50Yeah.
08:51Tommy's meet-the-friend assignment was right on time.
08:56They definitely confirmed everything I felt about these guys.
08:59But I got some sorting to do up here.
09:03Well, I trust you throughout this process, though.
09:05Do you, baby?
09:06All right.
09:07Well, I appreciate y'all coming.
09:08I love y'all so much.
09:09I love you, Laura.
09:10Pick your right one.
09:11Uh-oh.
09:12Bye-bye.
09:13Bye-bye.
09:14Bye-bye.
09:15Bye-bye.
09:16Bye-bye.
09:17Bye-bye.
09:18Bye-bye.
09:19Bye-bye.
09:20Bye-bye.
09:21Bye-bye.
09:22The women are in power this week, and I'm like, oh, snap.
09:26Bye-bye.
09:27Bye-bye.
09:28I know the perfect person to question and get to know these men.
09:33to know these men.
09:34Shannon, I'm back again.
09:38One of my best friends, Mercedes,
09:40she's been through this experience of ready to love.
09:42If I was to knowingly get into a long distance
09:46relationship without a solid foundation,
09:48I would be getting a boat without a sail.
09:52So today, I do have to choose myself.
09:56What does it feel like to be back again?
09:58It feels absolutely crazy.
10:01But I'm excited to help you out.
10:03I have questions of my own.
10:04OK, please ask away, because I know
10:06you're going to come with the heat.
10:07So do so.
10:11Hey, hey, how you doing?
10:12Hi, Darius.
10:13Earen.
10:15How are you?
10:16D'Vorce.
10:17How you doing, D'Vorce?
10:19I know that Mercedes will likely be hard on them,
10:21but she knows what important questions to ask.
10:24She knows what to look for.
10:26She can smell BS probably a mile away.
10:30So Shannon has three of you gentlemen here,
10:32which means that she has multiple connections.
10:35I'm going to start down here.
10:37Do you have multiple connections outside of Shannon?
10:39No, none.
10:40No, I'm just kidding.
10:41No, yeah, yeah, of course I do.
10:42Of course I do.
10:43How many?
10:44Uh.
10:47Oh, he can't even count.
10:49OK.
10:49That's crazy.
10:50Relax.
10:51Relax.
10:53I think I have four.
10:54Wow, you guys started with 10.
10:56So that, I can't do math that well, teacher.
10:59So how many are left?
11:00Six.
11:01Six.
11:02So you have four out of six.
11:03That's like 66%.
11:04Oh, OK.
11:06OK.
11:07So you like 66% of what is on the buffet.
11:10Where does Shannon fall out of your four?
11:12You put me in a real tough position.
11:14That's fine.
11:15Bye, y'all.
11:16Be honest.
11:16You want honesty.
11:18I have probably two really, really strong connections,
11:22and Shannon is one of them.
11:23So you're going to put her in the top two?
11:25Yes, definitely.
11:25OK, cool.
11:27Steven, where does Shannon fall?
11:29Top three right now.
11:30Top three.
11:30Yeah, 100%.
11:31All right.
11:32Living a lot.
11:33I will say out of my four connections,
11:37Shannon has climbed her way as one and two.
11:41All of the men really say the same thing.
11:43Like, top two, top three.
11:45And for me, that's a problem.
11:48So do you have children?
11:50Ever been married?
11:51I've never been married, actually.
11:52I do have two adults and two younger children.
11:55OK, so we have four.
11:57Yeah, four altogether.
11:58Who were you in the longest relationship with?
12:00The longest relationship, it was 11 years.
12:03So why didn't you all get married?
12:05You know when people pivot in different directions,
12:07sometimes your end game goal doesn't align properly.
12:10They're all growing in different ways.
12:12Do you guys have children?
12:13Oh, no, I do not.
12:14Do you want kids?
12:15I do.
12:15Do you want kids?
12:16Yeah.
12:16OK.
12:17What's your timeline?
12:18When do you expect, like, hey, you should know by now
12:20what we trying to do?
12:21I feel like at three months, you know if you want
12:23to continue this.
12:24OK, it's reasonable.
12:25Six months, you know if you actually
12:27want to be with this person long term.
12:29I don't think six months is necessarily enough time
12:31to know whether or not you want to spend the rest
12:33of your life with someone.
12:34But I do think it's a good starting point.
12:35So how much time do you need to know that's your person
12:38and you want to marry them?
12:40That's an impossible question to answer, really.
12:42It's really not, I don't think.
12:43I would think for me about a year should let me know.
12:47Like, yo, I think this is it.
12:49You should definitely know.
12:49OK.
12:50Being that I'm 33, I want to have children.
12:54I want to be married.
12:56I'm not waiting past a year.
12:58For me, I'm looking forward to marriage.
13:01And that's what I am focused on.
13:02But she has to have all the qualities to assess marriage.
13:06I do pour into a person.
13:08And I would need someone to pour into me as well.
13:11OK.
13:13Mercedes came in with a purpose.
13:16And it was to find out as much information about us
13:18as she could.
13:19Definitely felt like a grilling session.
13:20You look gorgeous, by the way.
13:23I have no idea what Mercedes thought of me.
13:25I didn't think that I came off poorly or anything like that.
13:28But hopefully, Shannon got the information that she wanted.
13:32Wow, that was extremely evenful.
13:35I am very flabbergasted.
13:37What do you think about Steven?
13:39I think that fundamentally, you click
13:42on all the right things of like a resume checkbox.
13:45Like, I see why he was here.
13:47OK.
13:48Out of the three, that definitely was
13:50my initial thought of like, OK.
13:52That's who you liked?
13:54But Shannon, I'm just going to be honest.
13:56I have major concerns.
13:58I didn't like that you were one out of three.
14:01So we don't know if that's number one, number two,
14:03or number three.
14:04100%.
14:05They couldn't tell me not only where I stood,
14:09but not even how they felt about me.
14:11I feel a little duped.
14:13So if you had to pick someone for me today, who might you pick?
14:18I think they have potential.
14:20Mm-hmm.
14:21But I wouldn't choose any of the three today.
14:24OK.
14:25I appreciate your honesty, because after today,
14:29I don't know if I would choose any of them either.
14:32OK.
14:34I don't like dancing around things.
14:36I was looking for a direct answer,
14:37because I'm a direct person.
14:39It's unfortunate that it didn't happen how it should have.
14:43I want you to be the Black Knight and shine,
14:45but they did not.
14:47We need another drink.
14:49Come on.
14:49OK.
14:50You can't deny it.
14:56I'm the queen of the scene, I'm a lion.
14:58Turning heads fucking like I'm a giant, no lion.
15:01You can tell I'm a boss by the heels of my shoes.
15:03Today, I'll be introducing two of my very best friends,
15:07Bianca and Lolo, to Bello, Steven, and Vince.
15:13I have made three really, really strong connections,
15:16and you're actually going to meet them.
15:18Like, give me y'all's impressions.
15:20That's deep.
15:21These guys are the ones that I'm the most interested in.
15:24So I am looking forward to hearing what they have to say,
15:28because I know they're going to give it to me straight.
15:30Hi.
15:32She always is on point.
15:33Oh.
15:35Lola and Bianca.
15:37Lola, how you doing, Bello?
15:38OK, give me a hug, man.
15:39Jeez.
15:40This is Lola.
15:42This is Bianca.
15:43Bianca.
15:44Yes.
15:45Hi, Vince.
15:46Nice to meet you.
15:47I used to know a Vince.
15:48Well, you know another one now.
15:51Bianca, I love your name.
15:53My first name and last name is Bello, so it's Bello, Bello.
15:55So I've always wanted my children to have BB.
15:58I have a daughter.
15:59She's one years old.
16:00So Bianca was a name that I was like,
16:02would be amazing for a daughter.
16:04So what is it that attracted you to Lauren?
16:09Outside of physical.
16:10You for real?
16:12Look at her.
16:13We know that deeper than that.
16:16She just lights up a room, man.
16:17Like, she's captivating.
16:18Conversation was great.
16:19Outside of that, a God-fearing traditional woman,
16:22and just the way she carries herself.
16:24Have you ever thought about being a politician?
16:25So you mentioned a one-year-old, right?
16:31That's pretty fresh.
16:32Mm-hmm.
16:33Out the oven.
16:34Two years out the oven.
16:35Out two years?
16:36Think about it.
16:37One-year-old, nine months inside the...
16:38You're like a politician thing, right?
16:40What is it like?
16:41Was it like a hit it or quit it situation?
16:44In short, we had a very brief connection.
16:48We didn't pursue a relationship.
16:49I work whole parenting.
16:50So she would be okay with you...
16:52Absolutely.
16:53...moving on, marrying somebody.
16:54Absolutely. Absolutely.
16:55I've actually seen Lauren more times than...
17:01The mother of your daughter.
17:02The mother of my daughter.
17:03Sometimes unplanned events happen,
17:06and we need to shift, right?
17:08And that's what I ended up doing.
17:11Kudos to you for stepping up.
17:13What do you like specifically about Lauren other than her looks?
17:17Well, the interaction being so natural and so flowing,
17:21that's what really made me say,
17:22hey, this is good already.
17:24You know, it sounds like we enjoy similar things.
17:27What do you like to do?
17:28Hanging out with my children.
17:30How many kids do you have?
17:31Two.
17:32Two.
17:32Boy, 15. Girl, 17.
17:34You want to start over?
17:35Right.
17:36You want more kids?
17:37If the situation was right,
17:39I would definitely have more.
17:41I'm definitely okay with these two amazing children
17:45that I have, by the way.
17:46Okay.
17:47I like that answer.
17:47No, no, no.
17:48No, I am.
17:50Hello.
17:51How y'all doing?
17:52Hi.
17:53I'm Steve.
17:54Nice to meet you.
17:54Hi, Bianca.
17:56Nice to meet you, too.
17:57I'm meeting Lauren and her friends for the first time,
17:59and I feel a little bit anxious
18:00because I know her friends are probably going to drill me.
18:03I have to earn their trust, earn their love.
18:05But this is a date that needs to happen
18:08to see if we have a deeper connection,
18:10more than checking boxes.
18:12I'm not the lead, but this is great connecting with all of you.
18:16Yes.
18:17I hope that I answer your question adequately.
18:19Leaving this date, I don't feel like I knocked it out the park.
18:22I was answering questions, but they didn't seem like
18:24they were fulfilled with the answers.
18:26So I suspect that me and Lauren are going to have a follow-up
18:29at some point.
18:30So your name is Steve?
18:31My name is Steve.
18:32I'm a school teacher.
18:34OK.
18:34What do you teach?
18:35I teach history, social studies.
18:37OK.
18:38What grade?
18:387th grade, 8th grade middle school.
18:40I have to have taught for one year.
18:43Y'all are saints.
18:44Oh, some kids, they destiny.
18:46They is rough.
18:47Yeah.
18:48They can be.
18:49Once you find your little zone, though,
18:50everything's kind of cool.
18:52So outside of teaching, who are you?
18:55I think I'm like a regular guy outside of teaching, family man,
18:58and a lot of time with nephews and the nieces.
19:01But no kids?
19:02No kids.
19:02You don't have your own.
19:04So is that something like down the top?
19:05She said she's going to give me a girl.
19:08She said that out of her mouth?
19:09Yeah.
19:10OK.
19:11Oh.
19:11OK.
19:12She said she wants a girl or she's going to give you a girl.
19:15She's going to give you one.
19:16Those two different things.
19:17It would be me, right?
19:18It was a good conversation that night.
19:20Would you be OK with three boys?
19:22Yeah, they cool.
19:23I like that, too.
19:24Like, you'd be good with just one.
19:26Oh, yeah.
19:26I don't need, like, multiples.
19:28If it happened, dope.
19:29That's what God wants.
19:30But I'm also in the space of, like, let me get one.
19:33If I leave this earth and I'll be straight.
19:35Am I mad at that?
19:36Yeah.
19:37So how tall are you?
19:39I'm 6'2".
19:40Is that a real 6'2 or a man 6'2"?
19:42You know, men, y'all add inches.
19:44I'm not understanding what's going on here.
19:47So did your doctor say that you were 6'2"?
19:50Or did he say 5'11"?
19:52So let's say I am 5'11".
19:54OK.
19:54What are we talking about?
19:56We want to know your height.
19:59Just answer the question.
20:00Right, it's a Q&A.
20:01If it's 6'2, it's 6'2".
20:02I know.
20:03But I mean, I want to know, like, where we're going with this.
20:06Well, one, she's a taller woman.
20:09She is.
20:10Correct.
20:106'2".
20:11And so she also loves to wear heels.
20:13So now we're adding a few inches.
20:156'3, 6'4".
20:17Is that something that you know?
20:18Like, some men are weird about that.
20:19Oh, so your question is, is do I mind her height?
20:22No.
20:23Our question is, how tall are you?
20:26It's really light hearted.
20:27We were just asking how tall you are.
20:29That's it.
20:30OK, well, it's the same answer.
20:31OK.
20:32We're not mad at it.
20:33The energy during this exchange is horrible.
20:37I am literally so embarrassed.
20:41I have to get out of here.
20:42I really, really appreciate you guys' time.
20:45It was a pleasure.
20:46It was a pleasure.
20:47It was very colorful.
20:48Oh, OK.
20:50I'm going to take it.
20:51I'm going to take that.
20:53I'm going to take that.
20:54Vince has to be able to fit in.
20:56You don't want to be walking on eggshells and,
20:59don't say this around Vince.
21:00He might flip out.
21:01We want to be comfortable and cool and not worried.
21:05Where is Lauren?
21:06Like, is she number one?
21:09Lauren is my girl.
21:12OK.
21:13That's a politically correct answer.
21:15Lauren is my girl.
21:17Like your home girl?
21:18No, no.
21:19She is more than a home girl, for sure.
21:20OK.
21:21Oh, that's for sure.
21:22Like a best friend?
21:23Lauren is romance, for sure.
21:25OK.
21:26Romance, for sure.
21:27Like, she is not somebody I'm just like,
21:28I'm looking at as a friend.
21:30I thoroughly enjoy speaking to her.
21:32Mm-hmm.
21:33Haven't got a chance to see her as often,
21:35but I enjoy all those things about her.
21:37And like, I'm looking, I'm forward to like,
21:40exploring that somehow, you know?
21:44All right.
21:44So I do have to go.
21:46It was a pleasure meeting both of you.
21:47You too.
21:48I had an awesome time.
21:48Oh, OK.
21:51Kissy, kissy, OK?
21:53It was good to meet you.
21:54It was great.
21:55It was great.
21:57I like Vince.
21:58I don't dislike him.
21:59I like him.
21:59I love you.
22:00So Vince, I'm like, literally, I've never met somebody
22:03where literally every time I see him,
22:05I go through a roller coaster of, oh, I like him.
22:07What the hell?
22:08Oh, my God.
22:09What the?
22:09Like, you know he would protect you,
22:11but do I need protection from you?
22:13You?
22:14I like what he stands for.
22:16Yes.
22:16I like that as his woman, you will not have to guess
22:19what your place is.
22:20Mm-hmm.
22:21Know how he feels about you.
22:23But I think you need a strong personality,
22:25and he's the strongest personality that we have met thus far.
22:29Yes.
22:30I was like, I forgot to tell y'all he could own look.
22:32I mean, he got passionate.
22:33He doesn't like the height.
22:34He's not 6'2", he's 16.
22:36Oh, my goodness.
22:38So considering all gentlemen, how would you rank them?
22:43Definitely Vince is number one.
22:44Vince is number one?
22:45Yes.
22:46So shocked to hear that.
22:47OK.
22:48I got Stevie at number two.
22:49Why not Stevie number one?
22:50He's not assertive enough.
22:52Mm-hmm.
22:52Velo is third place.
22:53He is a slick talker.
22:55Yeah.
22:55You can answer straight questions.
22:57No.
22:57Save his life.
22:58Vince has, he has kids.
23:01Yes.
23:01He doesn't, not looking to have more kids.
23:04He seems pretty stable in his life, and his kids are older.
23:08Overall, I think that you guys could really grow together.
23:12Yeah.
23:12And build a life together.
23:14My friends thought Vince would have been the best fit.
23:18I'm like shocked because Velo is my strongest connection.
23:22I wish he would have got a little deeper about why he liked me.
23:25And then I feel like my friends would have been sold on him a little more.
23:28I have a lot to think about.
23:30Yes, a lot.
23:31Cheers to finding the best guy, right?
23:44Baby, I ain't got the time to try to be the perfect size, so what you see is what you're
23:47gonna get.
23:48This week, my long-term friend, Brianna,
23:52is meeting Darius and Cardi.
23:54Hey, girl.
23:54Yes.
23:56She's been friends with me for years.
23:58Our mother's dead hair together.
23:59She's like a cousin.
24:00I love her dearly, and I know that she knows me best,
24:03and she will read these guys.
24:05Oh, my God.
24:05I honestly can't wait.
24:07I brought you here because I've been making connections
24:09with a couple guys.
24:11OK.
24:11And I just wanted you to just dig deep with these guys
24:14to see, like, OK, is he really fresh?
24:16Or is that here playing games?
24:18Yes.
24:18You know, I'm going to keep it all the way 1,000.
24:22Mm-hmm.
24:23Hello.
24:24Welcome.
24:24Hi.
24:25Hey, how you doing?
24:26My friend Brianna.
24:28This is Cardi.
24:29You're looking great, looking great.
24:30I got a rose for you.
24:32Oh, thank you.
24:33A rose for you.
24:33That's so nice.
24:35Cardi was definitely one of my connections
24:38because of how smart he is.
24:41I appreciate you.
24:42Not to catch you off of just complimenting my intelligence,
24:44but you are very smart.
24:46Very to yourself.
24:46And that's one thing that I want more of us
24:49to talk more in this and out of the experience.
24:52And that's what I told you with him.
24:53We have surface conversations.
24:54We've never really gotten deep.
24:57But I can do a lot better, though, too, you know, as well.
24:59So would you say going into those deep conversations,
25:03would you say that's a problem getting deeper?
25:05You know, really through this process,
25:07it was hard to go as deep as you would want to.
25:09Right.
25:09With the amount of time and stuff.
25:11So I welcome that with Ashley.
25:12But can you get deep in the relationship romantically?
25:17I believe I can.
25:18Okay.
25:18You know, I think that you got to know what you like,
25:20what you love, you know, what makes you smile,
25:23how you like to be touched, you know?
25:24When Brie calls me out for not opening up to Ashley more,
25:27I can definitely acknowledge that fact based off of communication.
25:30I want to be more intentional in calling Ashley
25:33and texting Ashley,
25:34but I need to make sure that it's reciprocated.
25:36Then I know for sure.
25:37Like, it's real.
25:38But you know that representative,
25:39it'll leave in about six months.
25:41So I like for people to be themselves.
25:44Be yourself around me.
25:45You know, you don't have to...
25:46Put up a...
25:47You don't have to do that with me.
25:48Because I know when somebody's being fake to me.
25:50If you just...
25:50Yeah, go ahead.
25:51Also, sorry to cut you off.
25:52I need to work on that.
25:53All of those things I think are important,
25:55and they come in time,
25:56and they come through deep conversations.
25:58Okay.
25:59You know?
25:59So with Cardi, it's very flatline with us.
26:02I feel like with Cardi,
26:03I have to just be in his face to get to know him.
26:06So, Darius, I need to know what you see in my girl.
26:10Why are you here?
26:11Ashley, first of all,
26:12is a very, very beautiful and amazing woman, I will say.
26:16I just want to let you know that.
26:18What do you expect out of Ashley?
26:20Do you feel like it's things that she needs to work on?
26:23As far as some of the changes
26:25that she could probably work on,
26:27I don't quite understand or know yet.
26:30Look, what she's saying is,
26:31what do you expect out of me in a relationship?
26:34Pretty much, I want you to be just real at all times
26:37on what you want.
26:38And for what we're speaking so far,
26:40we do align in a lot of different areas.
26:42And I just want to see and make sure
26:44that our endgame goal is the same.
26:47So you don't see any shaping or molding
26:50when it comes to Ashley?
26:51I don't see any shaping or molding,
26:53but I say that we all have to pivot.
26:55You know, I'm willing to pivot, too,
26:56because, like, Ashley would not be able to date me
26:59how she did the last person.
27:01Okay.
27:01That didn't work out.
27:02Right.
27:02So I want to learn every variation of you.
27:05You know, how you think,
27:07the way you sleep,
27:08the breaths you take,
27:10how much do you snore in your sleep.
27:12I think that Darius likes me a lot,
27:15and I like him, too.
27:16I just think that he is still putting on
27:19a representative just a little bit.
27:21I want to see the vulnerable side of him,
27:22not the flashy, charismatic flirter.
27:25I want to see, like,
27:26are you really nurturing and catering to your woman?
27:29It was definitely a pleasure out of me, Trude.
27:30I'm going to get up and give you a hug.
27:32I feel that we all change
27:34when we deal with somebody
27:36that we're not used to dealing with.
27:38As far as somebody changing Ashley,
27:41no, that should not happen.
27:43Seriously.
27:43A little tap.
27:45But as far as her changing
27:47to be a better version of herself,
27:48she naturally will.
27:51Girl.
27:52Okay, let's start with Cardi.
27:54Cardi is cool, like you said,
27:55very intelligent.
27:56Mm-hmm.
27:57But the surface thing,
27:59I'm going to have a red tag on that alone,
28:01you know?
28:02How you feel about Darius?
28:03He was my top connection.
28:04Y'all have a real strong connection.
28:07I can see that.
28:08He was on you.
28:09That tell me he know what he want.
28:12Mm-hmm.
28:12He's really interested in you
28:14with an open heart.
28:15And that's a turn-on.
28:16That's a good thing.
28:17Mm-hmm.
28:17I like him for you.
28:18I ain't gonna lie.
28:19Okay.
28:20My friend asked the perfect questions,
28:22but now it's time to start cracking down.
28:24Cardi was kind of closed,
28:25and I wanted Darius to explain to her more.
28:29What can honestly make me a wife for you?
28:31Let's get up out of here, girl.
28:33Mm-hmm.
28:33I got it.
28:39I, I, I, I, here we go.
28:42I'm a big, big deal.
28:45Cheers.
28:46Okay, ladies.
28:47As y'all know,
28:48I am on my journey to find love,
28:50and I've made a few connections.
28:52I'm just gonna kind of stay out of it.
28:53Let y'all talk.
28:54Okay.
28:55When I start to like someone,
28:57I tend to ignore the red flags.
28:59My friends are not going to ignore those flags
29:02because they don't have any investment
29:04in these particular men.
29:05They're going to ask important questions,
29:07and they're gonna be honest with me.
29:09Oh.
29:10Hello.
29:11Hello.
29:11How are you?
29:13I'm good.
29:16Stop blushing.
29:17No, I didn't,
29:18I didn't see the front of you
29:19until I saw the front of you.
29:22Hi.
29:23Hi.
29:23I'm excited to meet Donna's friends.
29:25I don't care about a lot of stuff,
29:27but I do care if they like me or not.
29:28And I think her friends will like me.
29:30This should be interesting.
29:32Are you nervous?
29:34Always.
29:36I personally want to talk about
29:38what it is you like about Donna.
29:40Yeah, me too.
29:40Y'all like to just jump right in.
29:42You don't want to like...
29:43I mean, that's...
29:45Yeah.
29:45Okay, okay.
29:46This ranking is in no particular order,
29:49but I love how smart Donna is.
29:51Of course Donna is beautiful.
29:53I'm like a seven.
29:55And she brings me up to like an 8.5
29:57if you see me with her.
29:59You know, like...
30:00Upgradual?
30:01That is that.
30:02You know.
30:03What are you ready for?
30:05Are you ready for like marriage?
30:06Um, I wouldn't say
30:07that I'm dating for marriage.
30:10What would you say?
30:11I would say I'm dating
30:12to get to know someone
30:13and get to know
30:14if we could take it
30:15to that next step.
30:16Dating with intention?
30:18Well, the intention
30:18is to get to know them.
30:20Do you want to be married?
30:21Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
30:26You think long?
30:27You think wrong?
30:28Whoa.
30:28I want to be married,
30:30but I'm definitely
30:32not going to force
30:33to be married.
30:34No, and I don't think
30:35you should.
30:35So...
30:35My hesitation is this.
30:37Donna does want to have kids.
30:38I mean, you can't really
30:39put a timeline on it,
30:40but it's kind of a timeline.
30:43I don't mind having more children.
30:46You don't mind having more children?
30:47No, I don't mind.
30:48I could not have them as well
30:49and it wouldn't bother me.
30:51Okay.
30:51So...
30:51And that's a very honest deal.
30:54I can't help that
30:55I met Donna at this time.
30:56I wish that it was
30:58a different time,
30:59but it's not.
31:00It's today.
31:00I can't fast forward
31:02or move quicker
31:03in what I think that I need
31:05because of what her timeline is.
31:07It doesn't work like that.
31:08My pace is my pace,
31:10no matter who I'm speaking with.
31:11I'm Steve.
31:12Nice to meet you.
31:13Nice to meet you.
31:14Join the party.
31:15Join the party.
31:17I feel like me
31:19and Donna have
31:20a very good connection
31:21and I think
31:22hanging with her friends
31:23might help me move up
31:24the ranks a little bit,
31:26but I don't want to share
31:27a date with Vince.
31:28Vince is competition.
31:30Like, man,
31:30this is not the vibe.
31:32I gotta get out of here.
31:34Oh, this is perfect time.
31:35Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:36It was really,
31:37really nice meeting you guys.
31:39Nice to meet you.
31:39Nice to meet you.
31:42Get yourself over here.
31:43There we go.
31:44So I want to know
31:45a little bit more about you.
31:47We know you're a teacher.
31:48Do you have any children?
31:49No.
31:50Do you want children?
31:53So I do want kids,
31:54uh, at least one.
31:56Do you have, like,
31:56a timeline in your head
31:58as to, you know,
31:59when you see yourself
32:00having children,
32:01when you see yourself
32:02having a wife?
32:03As a man,
32:04I feel like, um,
32:06if I'm in a relationship,
32:08I think within maybe two years,
32:10because now I think
32:11I've learned enough.
32:12The goal is to be married.
32:14Yeah.
32:14She knows that.
32:15I knows that.
32:16And if we don't see that
32:17with each other
32:17after a certain time,
32:18like, all right, cool.
32:18Like, no beef.
32:21So that is a safe feeling
32:22for me that I think
32:23in a relationship,
32:24she would be very similar
32:25where she kind of
32:26probably understands
32:27who she's dating,
32:28her husband at some point.
32:29Like, I'm beyond
32:31just a, like, surface level.
32:33That's kind of
32:33how I define love.
32:34Like, I want all of that
32:36for her because she is love.
32:38Yeah.
32:38As far as I'm concerned.
32:39I'm going to change
32:40your name on the phone
32:40to leave me alone.
32:42Period.
32:43Donna Love.
32:44That's right.
32:46I didn't say Donna Banks
32:47in that name.
32:47Uh-oh.
32:48That's your last name?
32:49That's my last name.
32:49Donna Banks.
32:50That's my last name.
32:51Okay.
32:52Donna Banks.
32:52I can see it.
32:54I like it.
32:54Is that Louie?
32:56D-B.
32:57D-B.
32:58I see that.
32:59Unfortunately.
33:00You leaving us?
33:00I have to actually
33:01go home and grade some papers.
33:03It was so nice to meet you, Steve.
33:05It was awesome to meet you.
33:06Tommy's assignment
33:07helped me and Donna
33:08grow stronger
33:08and understand
33:09a little more
33:10about what we expect.
33:12But I thought
33:12it went really well
33:13and I was excited.
33:15So.
33:16I like both of them.
33:18But I did not like
33:20how Vince
33:22ran away
33:23from the timeline.
33:24It was sketchy.
33:24It was sketchy.
33:25He was running
33:26from the answer.
33:28Yeah.
33:28And to me,
33:29that's a,
33:30that's a red flag.
33:30Like, is he ready?
33:31Whereas Steven,
33:33he said wife a lot.
33:34He said two years.
33:35I am a little surprised
33:36that my friends
33:37chose Steven over Vince.
33:39Mainly because
33:40he has been
33:41my top connection
33:42and they know that
33:43because we talk
33:44all the time.
33:45Should I be pivoting
33:46my time?
33:48I don't know
33:48that you should
33:49neglect Vince.
33:51I just think
33:52you should give
33:53more energy
33:54to Steven.
33:57I don't know
33:57if I'm going to
33:58take my friend's advice.
33:59We have
33:59quite a bit left
34:00of the process
34:01and I have plenty
34:02of time
34:03to ask more questions.
34:04I really need
34:05to start digging
34:06a little deeper
34:07so I can really
34:08see where the best
34:09matches.
34:10Do with that
34:10what you will.
34:14Um.
34:14What's up, ladies?
34:27So the two friends
34:35that I think
34:36these connections
34:38of mine need
34:39to me
34:39is
34:39Sharonda
34:40and Alaino.
34:41Bitch, I'm so happy
34:42to see you.
34:42Bitch, you look
34:43fine right now.
34:44Okay, sure.
34:44I'm going to be working
34:45with, period.
34:46Okay, I see you.
34:47All away, babe.
34:48I spend the most
34:49time with these two
34:50ladies.
34:51They know
34:51what I like.
34:52They know what I need
34:53and they're going
34:54to get to the
34:55nitty gritty.
34:56So I wanted
34:57y'all to come here
34:58because you guys
34:59are my people
35:00and I'm dating
35:02these guys.
35:02It was a process,
35:03multiple men.
35:04I want you guys
35:05to ask some questions.
35:06It's ready to love.
35:07Okay.
35:08We need to know
35:08are they ready to love.
35:09Right, because I know
35:10you're ready.
35:11I'm ready.
35:11You have a lot of love
35:12to love.
35:12And at this point,
35:14actually, may the best
35:15man win.
35:15What up, dude?
35:16Hey.
35:16Ladies, how y'all doing?
35:18Hi.
35:19Dom, how you doing?
35:20Looking amazing.
35:21Very good, girl.
35:22I'm excited.
35:23Dom is always
35:24such a good time
35:24and I know
35:25her friends are going
35:26to be bringing
35:27lights, camera,
35:28actions to the party.
35:29What do you think
35:30is incredible about her?
35:31I think that her
35:31personality and how
35:32deep she is,
35:34you know,
35:34she's very intellectual,
35:35like emotionally.
35:37When you first met her,
35:38what was the first
35:39thing you noticed
35:39about her?
35:40I noticed her poise
35:41and then her style.
35:43Are you single?
35:44I am.
35:45Obviously.
35:46I mean,
35:46I do have to make sure.
35:48Maybe he's like that
35:49as I say.
35:50This is a good question.
35:51Well, hello, everyone.
35:52What up, dude?
35:53How you doing?
35:53Oh, another gentleman.
35:55What's happening?
35:55I'm gonna get a little
35:56good light over here.
35:57Ooh, I like this.
35:57My last date
35:58didn't go well
35:59with Shannon's friends,
36:01but Domini
36:02was my top connection
36:03and I have a strong
36:04connection with her.
36:05So I'm a little anxious
36:07like I always am
36:08before these dates.
36:09So these are
36:10two of my best friends.
36:11Anytime I'm around
36:12these women,
36:13I am in good hands.
36:14They're gonna take care of me.
36:16They're gonna nurture me.
36:17They're gonna love me.
36:18Is that something
36:18you can see yourself
36:19doing with Domini?
36:20Ooh.
36:21Well, there we have it.
36:22So it's other women
36:22you are connecting
36:23with, too, right?
36:24Do you have in mind
36:25that this is the one?
36:27I would say
36:27we're trying to decide
36:28who's right for us.
36:30Oh.
36:30So do you have an idea
36:31right now
36:32who's right for you?
36:33Um...
36:33You're still trying
36:34to figure it out.
36:34We're...
36:35I think we're all still
36:36trying to figure it out.
36:37We're gonna...
36:37Yes, but I am trying to...
36:39Yes, I am trying
36:40to figure that out.
36:41Okay, so you don't know yet.
36:42You're still trying
36:43to figure it out.
36:43That's what the process is.
36:44Hello.
36:45How you doing?
36:46Well, how then?
36:47This is so fun!
36:55I walk in
36:56and the tension
36:56was so thick.
36:58I don't know
36:59what I walked into.
37:00You handsome and all.
37:02You know, you smell good.
37:03I'm gonna know about you.
37:03Okay.
37:04I can say confidently
37:06that there's a big difference
37:07between attraction
37:08and chemistry.
37:09You can look at somebody
37:10and appreciate them
37:11and then you look at somebody
37:14and you're drawn to them,
37:15right?
37:16And that's how I feel
37:16about Dominique.
37:17You're drawn to her.
37:18But you're attracted
37:19to some more women
37:20that's on the show as well?
37:21And that's...
37:22I made that distinction
37:22for a reason.
37:23Because of the other ladies,
37:25I don't have that spark
37:27as I do with Dominique.
37:29Okay.
37:29Okay, then.
37:30All right.
37:30I feel like it's kind of like
37:31piggyback on what he's saying.
37:33Dominique and I have always
37:34had like a strong connection
37:35really since day one.
37:36I was really kind of curious,
37:37like, what more is it to her?
37:40And sitting down
37:41and then laughing
37:42is just like, oh, you know.
37:44I am very pleased
37:45with Cardi and Bello
37:47because if you become my man,
37:49then you're going to be
37:50around my friends
37:50and I need to know
37:51that you can fit in.
37:52What more would you want
37:53to know about Dominique?
37:55Is she the type of woman
37:56you're looking for?
37:57Yeah.
37:58Okay.
38:01Dominique is the type of woman
38:02that most men
38:04are looking for.
38:04You're talking about you.
38:05Yeah, yeah, yes, yes.
38:06She is the type of woman
38:07that I'm looking for.
38:09She's grounded.
38:10She's mature.
38:11It sounds like he knows
38:12the qualities that he was.
38:14So, like, how do you find that?
38:15Are you really listening to him?
38:17You know, it sounds like
38:17he really knows what he wants.
38:19De'Va came in
38:20like a gray cloud.
38:22He came in gloomy
38:22and my friends,
38:24they like beasts.
38:26They can smell the meat.
38:27They can smell the blood.
38:28And he came in there
38:29with open wounds
38:30and they attacked instantly.
38:32If anything,
38:33I feel like this setup
38:34is throwing me off
38:35because Cardi's over there
38:36with my girl.
38:37And I'm like,
38:38how do I take this?
38:39Okay, so now you say
38:40Cardi's over here
38:41sitting with your girl, right?
38:42But two minutes ago,
38:44it gave me a little bit of...
38:45Gave you a little bit of what?
38:46I need a person
38:47who's gonna love me out loud.
38:49I understand the process.
38:50But speak how you speak about me,
38:53how you talk to me.
38:54I need somebody
38:55to stand on business about me
38:56because I'm gonna stand
38:57on business about you.
38:58I feel like, listen,
38:58I need to reset for a second
38:59because the energy
39:00is really weird
39:01that I'm getting right now.
39:03I don't feel bad for Devon.
39:04I knew that there was
39:05going to be questions
39:07and there was going to be intent
39:08based on how they were
39:09wearing their jackets.
39:11It's like they had their hands
39:12outside of the sleeves
39:13and the confidence
39:14seemed to be lacking
39:15just a skosh.
39:17I don't want you
39:17to feel uncomfortable,
39:19but that's the part about this.
39:20I want to see
39:21who can stand in the heat
39:22with the uncomfortable.
39:22Well, I can stand in the heat,
39:24but what's the insinuation
39:25that I don't love you out loud?
39:28Sitting here with the people
39:29who matter the most to me,
39:30they want to know.
39:31If you like me like that,
39:32then say you like me like that.
39:34I need to know.
39:35Hey, I need that.
39:36You know how much I like it,
39:38but I'm going to say that.
39:40I was very annoyed
39:41at the energy
39:42that was coming
39:43across the table.
39:44Going home
39:44was a strong possibility
39:45given my performance here.
39:48And I didn't feel good
39:48about the date at all.
39:50I hope I can recover
39:51from that, honestly.
39:52Apparently she don't know it.
39:54We don't know it.
39:55That's why we sitting here.
39:56Because guess what?
39:57My decision is
39:58what's going to matter.
39:59I'm her soulmate.
40:00Um, yeah.
40:05Baby, you got to come
40:06in that room
40:07a little bit more confident.
40:08My friends are sitting right here.
40:09So if you're going to be confused
40:10about how you feel
40:11about me right now,
40:12then it's time for you to go.
40:14Next time on Ready to Love.
40:22I'm glad y'all was able
40:24to get that outside perspective
40:25from your friends.
40:26Mm-hmm.
40:27With that extra perspective in mind,
40:29I want a few of you
40:30to take these men out
40:31and let them know
40:32if they are not ready to love.
40:34Oh, my God.
40:35Welcome to your luxury getaway.
40:40Nothing like a romantic getaway
40:42to deepen bonds
40:43and really get to know somebody.
40:45I thought I could change
40:46the young lady.
40:47She was in adult entertainment.
40:50What's that?
40:51Stripper.
40:52You were with a stripper?
40:54Yes.
40:55That don't sound good.
40:57With Shannon,
40:57I feel like she's judging me.
40:59I don't want no part of it.
41:00My issue is with you
41:02because I felt so uncomfortable
41:04and I was like, dang,
41:05this is not a good
41:06first impression right now.
41:08For you to say
41:09your friends
41:10had zero accountability
41:12for what happened,
41:13that was completely unfair.
41:15I disagree.
41:16Okay.
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